Nadia Budihardjo

Former Under Treasurer and Mental Health Commissioner Tim Marney will join the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia as its chief economist.

A state government body is confirmed to be one of the clients whose data has been compromised in the cyber hacking incident of national law firm HWL Ebsworth.

A $65 million proposal to expand to BHP’s Port Haven Village accommodation in a bid to house more than 450 workers in Port Hedland has been approved.

Barramundi farm operator Marine Produce Australia has received help from a Tasmania-based company to continue trading after exhausting funds, including from NAB.

A 21-storey apartment development aimed to activate the West Perth precinct has been green lit by a development assessment panel.

St Barbara will undergo top-level staff changes following the sale of its Leonora assets to Rayleigh Finlayson’s Genesis Minerals.

Fini Group has set its sights on a 3,463 square metre site in Margaret River to build a hybrid hotel, estimated to cost $8.5 million.

The state government is aiming to open a $6.3 million training facility at the South Regional TAFE in Collie by 2025, to mitigate the impact from the impending closure of coal-fired power stations.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss governance issues at one of Perth’s highest profile public schools.

Vulcan Energy Resources has secured a deal with SLB to boost geothermal-lithium brine production from its zero carbon lithium project in Europe.

Former NOPSEMA chief Stuart Smith has been appointed as director general of a state government department and will oversee the Rottnest Island and Zoological Parks authorities.

The WA Supreme Court has dismissed claims that the voting process on the Gloucester Park land sale was breached but the trial has caused months of delay on the project.

Governance issues at Perth Modern School remain in the spotlight amid changes at the top.

Industry groups have welcomed the state government’s interim measures to reduce inconsistent public open space policies across local governments in Western Australia.

Kailis Hospitality Group is expanding its coastal footprint, announcing another Cottesloe venue shortly after unveiling a plan for the former Barchetta site.

Clive Palmer has had a minor win in a court fight against mining executive Shankar Madan, over royalties from Mineralogy’s Balmoral project.

A national sports bar franchise is planning to build a three-storey tavern and microbrewery on a corner site in Fremantle that once housed a Hungry Jack’s outlet.

The final piece of the $227 million Subi East redevelopment – a framework for developing up to 1,000 dwellings in Princess Margaret Hospital site – has been recommended for approval.

A $221 million redevelopment of Ocean Beach Hotel has been approved, with the developer confident of delivering the project within the three-year timeframe.

The Federal Court has refused Quintis founder Frank Wilson's request to throw out a creditor's petition over his failure to comply with a $15 million bankruptcy notice.

A planning pathway has been criticised after a $21.5 million townhouse development proposal was unanimously knocked back by an assessment panel for the second time.

Chris Ellison’s lawyer has made another push to suppress updated claims in a new document recently lodged by former Mineral Resources contracts manager Steven Pigozzo.

A Perth court has fined national construction group Lendlease over a workplace safety breach during the $223.6 million redevelopment of the Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne.

A Canadian export credit agency has backed Arafura Rare Earths’ Nolans project, potentially funding up to $440 million towards the Northern Territory development.

WA Police has submitted its application to build an $87 million, four-storey Fremantle complex, a state government-funded project that has been years in the making.

A $73.4 million accommodation village set to house 500 staff working on Albemarle Corporation’s Kemerton lithium plant will no longer go ahead.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the state of play around the leases for two Perth cultural institutions.

Hall & Prior has received approval to demolish buildings on the corner of Stock Road and Canning Highway to construct a six-storey aged care facility in Palmyra.

Kailis Hospitality Group has proposed to rebuild Magic Apple at the former Barchetta site after being chosen as Town of Cottesloe's preferred operator of the coastal location.

The process behind lease renewals for a couple of iconic local venues has come to public attention in two coastal suburbs.

Western Australia has recorded its fifth workplace fatality this month after the death of a teenage worker following an incident at a Welshpool industrial workplace this morning.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss the dual pressures faced by charitable organisations as cost of living and inflationary pressures bite.